Thursday, November 29, 2012

cute penguin craft

What a cute penguin craft to brighten up these dark winter days! I am so proud of Claire, because she cut all of the penguin pieces all by herself. This was just the second time that I traced shapes on paper and asked her to cut them out.

Start by printing off the template. Cut the pieces out of the template and trace them on the paper. The main body and wings need to be traced on black paper (I used a white colouring pencil which worked well.) Then penguin tummy and eyes need to be traced on white paper. I used an embossed piece of white paper for the tummy. I like the extra piece of texture that it adds to the penguin. Trace the beak on orange paper. I forgot to include the template that we used for the earmuffs, so just make sure the circles that you use are bigger than the penguin's eyes.

Have your child cut out all of the shapes. Once cut, you can start to
assemble your penguin on the paper. We started with the main body,
followed by the penguin tummy, eyes, beak (fold in half) and earmuffs. I cut a scrap of
ribbon for the long bit of the scarf, and then two small pieces for the
tails of the scarf. Once Claire glued the scarf on the penguin, she glued the wings on, so that they covered up the cut edges of the ribbon. Lastly, she drew (traced) a line to connect the ear muffs, and dots for the eyes.

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Welcome to sweet and lovely crafts. My name is Lila and I'm a craftaholic. I have a never ending list of craft projects that I like to make while my kids are napping and an equally long list of crafts to make with my kids. Here are my favorites...